Metallic vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

No. 772,813. v

' T. MIDGLEY.

METALLIC VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21. 1903' RENEWED APR. 13, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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,iunchtm I gttounwzfi 2 UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.-

THOMAS MIDGrLEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO-THE MIDGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION 7 OF OHIO. I

METALLIC VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,813, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed August 21, 1903. Renewed April 13, 1904. Serial No. 203,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v Be it known that I, THOMAS MIDGL Y, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, ,5 have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Metallic Vehicle-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich I it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention, relates primarily to metallic vehicle-wheels, has especial reference to the hub of such wheels, and has for its object economy in the manufacture and durability of the wheels; and the inventionconsists in certain improvements in construction, which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims. V

The accompanying drawing, which forms 2 part of this specification, represents a vertical transverse section of a hub, showing the spokes of the wheel and the axle in sideelevation.

Reference being had to the drawing and the designating characters thereon, 1 indicates 2 5 right and left hub-forming disks, each having an annular inwardly-bent right-angled flange 2, which form the inner concentric wall or bottom of the spoke-chamber 3 of the hub,

the tubular sections shown, and the rim of the wheel (not shown) being assembled, the wheel is dipped or immersed in a bath of molten brazing metal and all the parts me- I tallically joined together, when the wheel presents the appearanceof a'solid-and compact structure.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim is 1. A metallic wheel-hub composed of opposite disks having inner' right-angled flanges forming the spoke-chamber,and outer flanges, and opposite hub-sections engaged by said outer flanges, and an axle-box within said disks and hubsections,-the said parts being metallically joined together.

2. A metallic wheel-hub composed of opposite disks having inner right-angled flanges forming the spoke-chamber, and outer flanges bent in the opposite direction, and hub-sections engaged by said outer flanges, and concentric axle-box sections Within said disks and hub-sections, the said parts being metallically joined together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MIDGLEY. 

